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NEW DELHI: Seven months after he was cleared of terror charges and released from a Bangalore prison where he had spent six harrowing months of his life, 28-year-old Muthi-ur-Rehman Siddiqui heard about Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's overture towards falsely implicated Muslim youth with some scepticism. "I heard Mr Shinde said this Monday that such youth should be released and helped to rehabilitate back in society. Well, I would only appeal to the home minister that the government first return my identity documents and belongings so that I can get along with my life," Siddiqui told ET from Bangalore.

MUMBAI: Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms don't seem to be taking the issue of data theft and security seriously enough after recent instances of misuse of data have come to light. Captive firms of banks and other majors especially do not see data theft and its misuse as a crime fit enough to involve the local police. Most companies attempt to brush aside these crimes or to conceal such cases and there is reluctance to approach the local police given the fact that it could attract adverse publicity for the firm.

BANGALORE: The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore was primed for some explosive Diwali action with four teams, inluding two from Australia and South Africa, set to clash in the T20 Champions League on Saturday evening. But the 'fireworks' started at dawn with RDX traces being detected in the kit bag of a player of the under-22 Jammu and Kashmir cricket team staying on the stadium premises. The player was detained, triggering a terror scare that put a cloud over the Champions League.

BANGALORE: The Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore was primed for some explosive Diwali action with four teams, inluding two from Australia and South Africa, set to clash in the T20 Champions League on Saturday evening. But the 'fireworks' started at dawn with RDX traces being detected in the kit bag of a player of the under-22 Jammu and Kashmir cricket team staying on the stadium premises. The player was detained, triggering a terror scare that put a cloud over the Champions League.

BANGALORE: Three weeks after the brutal attack on a woman bank official at an unguarded ATM kiosk here, the assailant was still on the run even as police said they were making "all efforts" to nab him. "We are making all efforts, but still no arrest has been made in the ATM attack case. However, we have identified the assailant through CCTV footage," Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar told reporters here. On November 19, a 38-year-old officer with Corporation Bank was attacked with a machete inside the ATM kiosk with the gory act caught on cctv footage sparking a national outrage.

BULANDSHAHR (UTTAR PRADESH): A court here has asked the Bangalore Police to ensure the presence of Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya before it on October 31 on a pilot's petition alleging that the company was withholding his dues. Finding Mallya "prima-facie" guilty of fraud and criminal breach of trust (under section 420 and 406 of IPC), Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Umakant Jindal had summoned him along with company CEO Sanjay Agrawal , and Vice Chairman Roopi Arya to be present in court here on October 6. However, the three were not present for the hearing, following which CJM Jindal has ordered the Bangalore Police Commissioner to ensure the summons are served and the trio is present in the court on October 31. The order of the court came in wake of a complaint filed by a co-pilot of the airline contending that the accused were not paying his dues amounting to over Rs 28 lakh, arising out of complainant's 22-months salary.

NEW DELHI: The Home Ministry today rushed a team of NIA to the Bangalore blast site and offered all help to the Karnataka government in its investigation. "A team of NIA is reaching the Bangalore blast site. We are in constant touch with the Karnataka government and ready to offer any help which is required," Minister of State for Home RPN Singh told reporters here. Singh said the nature of the blast and the materials used to carry out the explosion were not so far clear and investigators were looking into all possibilities as nothing can be ruled out. The Minister appealed to everyone to maintain peace and not to indulge in rumour mongering.

BANGALORE: Cracking the whip in the wake of exodus of people from the northeast, the Karnataka government today arrested six persons on charges of attack, intimidation and sending "false" SMSes to people of the region. Police have also detained some others for questioning, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister R Ashoka told reporters amid continuing exodus of northeasterners to their home states following fear of reprisals in the wake of Assam violence. Ashoka said the number of people leaving the state had also come down today compared to the past two days.

BANGALORE: Three days after the bomb blast near the Karnataka BJP office here, police today said they have obtained "some leads" on the incident that left 16 persons injured. "We have some leads but we cannot share them with you now, it will be done at an appropriate time", City Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar told PTI. He said they were yet to receive the analysis report of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) on the materials collected at the blast site.

By Richa Maheshwari BANGALORE: The Karnataka government and Bangalore Traffic Police plan to put technology to work to try and reduce delays with the Emergency Vehicle Traffic Preemption System. As part of this programme, sensors in rescue vehicles will be able to communicate with traffic signals to make sure they stay open for them. "We are planning to start implementing this technology in another four-five months,"said B Dayananda, additional commissioner of police (traffic)